Factors that affect influenza vaccine uptake among staff of long-term care facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 638-641

  Hauri, Anja M ^a,c   Uphoff, Helmut ^a   Gussmann, Volker ^b   Gawrich, Stefan ^a  

^a Hesse State Health Office   (Germany)

^b Regional Board Giessen   (Germany)

^c Hessisches Landesprüfungs und Untersuchungsamt im Gesundheitswesen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33745785273     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504361     Document Type: Review

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